Show I RUSSIA TO Th SEll SEllI 5 WORK OF ART I I Country Country Palaces Will nIl WillBe WillBe Be Stripped of f Valuables i I I IE Feb 12 1 I By Uy A alt j Preps An Anether An Another other ether s g- g git g-at it at salof sal sain of or ronn former r RUl Russian Is soon oon to lo take Inc In line with lIh ith tI Its y pelly to j make tile the properly or of the poten poten- poten the prop rt 11 1 t or 01 o tlc sac common 1 l the 1111 go OH today In in- in in ibm ibm- Ih man of nil all the tho former country palaces of the em- em emperor emperor em emperor and ind nobility in Leningrad Selo Belo hof k Moscow i nd nd elm he ela els h to 10 prepare les of the art cOl- cOl col k on Id r propel ty iy thereIn i there there- I In III n It h a view to Ih th-lr th Inal alion or liap Article le of historic value will ill be re- re re retained tamed the remainder will be sold to 0 the thc hIghest bidders MILLIONS The g to 10 real real- realize laS ize many millions of dollars by this ale caie There are enormous toIlet toIlet- collections lions of paintings painting tapes tapes- tapes li Ide ti-l's ti bronzes bronze clocks mirrors fur fur- furniture fur furniture sliver silver articles and lincous furnishings In the great Im- Im Im Imperial portal palaces at Peterhof Tsar Tsar- Tsar Selo SeiO and the other castles I S I canI which the government thinks can be profitably turned Into cash lih of which the state treasury Is always alwa's In need The pr practical pra needs of the coun- coun country coun country try will be better served they be- be believe be believe lieve If It these merely ornamentals articles are converted Into hoco- hoco machinery tractors plows and other utilitarian The proposed sale salo alo Is In line with the sale some months ago Of ot the table linen household articles and thousands of dresses and belonging to Nicholas and Alexan Alexan- Alexandra Alexandra dra ra which netted the tho government many thousands of dollars NEW YORK Feb 12 fEy 12 By The Associated Press Press-Le Legal Presa-Legal Press Local nl complications complications were ere ere Impending today tn in connection NewYork with the tho sale le In New Xe NewYork York City for the benefit of or the soviet government yo of worth of Russian crown jewels which are arc reported to have reached London from Moscow en route here Purchasers of 01 the gems will find titles questioned In the courts jurisdiction one once they thoy are within the tion of New York state slate it was ns nn- nn announced by the Russian Lawyers Lawers in the tho States It will be alleged that the je jewel jewel-aro are aro stolen property that the so soi let government never acquired lawful title to thorn them and ind that they legally belong to the heirs of the house or of to other ther Russians of ev- ev every ev every ery try class and In some seine cases to churches public social benevolent and other Institutions of or the old regime |